@kuehl87 wrote:
Using QB Pro 2017 my data file (saved) was 194,740 KB.
When I had to buy QB Pro 2020 (because Intuit forces Payroll Subscription customers to "update every 3 years) my data file was 198,664 KB. So QB Pro 2020 can NOT handle an additional 3,924 KB?
They don’t tell you this anywhere in the users’ guide for Pro or Premier, but it is important for you to know you may outgrow these versions for some technical reasons. Our experience is that Pro and Premier data files start to take a long time to run reports at the 150-200 MB. In addition, Pro and Premier become more susceptible to data corruption and other funky issues if they get to be too large. The Enterprise version was designed to handle a much larger data file. There are some businesses running smoothly today with data files over 1 GB. If you find that you are outgrowing Pro or Premier, the transition into Enterprise is very seamless and easy to do. Another option, consider condensing your file or create a new one. You may utilize a 3rd party tool to migrate the data easily if you don't familiar with IIF feature. There is no hard and fast rule on this topic. Nor is there any way to know exactly how many invoices, estimates, etc. will get your data file to become “too big”. However, these rules of thumb relating to the 150–200 MB max file size for Pro and Premier have served our clients very well.
